Selected Journalism 2: Author Interviews, Travel Writing, Film Reviews (2005-the present)
Oz Reviews by Justine Ettler
2005-present
“Cipher Attack,” Lunar Park, by Bret Easton Ellis, The Weekend Australian, Sept 10-11, 2005, R8.
Killing Yourself to Live, by Chuck Klosterman, The Australian¸ 2005.
Haunted, by Chuck Pahlaniuk, The Australian, 2005.
Kensington Gardens, Rodrigo Fresan, The Australian, 2005.
“Nurtured Novelists,” Cusp, by Josephine Wilson, and A New Map of the Universe, by Annabel Smith, The Australian, 2005.
“You’ve Gotta Love Women of Substance,” Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, by Ayelet Waldman, and Nothing Serious, by Justine Levy, The Australian, Jan 14-15, 2006.
“Second Comings,” The Gospel According to Luke, by Emily McGuire, and Rosie Little’s Cautionary Tales for Girls, by Danielle Wood, The Australian, Nov 4-5, 2006.
“Like Nuggets that Glow in the Pan,” Best Australian Stories 2006, ed. by Robert Drewe, The Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 25-26, 2006.
Calamity Physics, by Melissa Pessl, The Australian, 2006.
“Memoir of Courage From a Modern Day Oliver,” Girlbomb, by Janice Earlbaum, The Australian, 2006.
Lies I Told About a Girl, Anson Cameron, The Australian, 2006.
“Boys Who Like to be Toys,” A Curious Earth, Gerard Woodward, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 23-24, 2007.
“The Multi-Cultural Gang’s all Here,” Luck in the Greater West, by Damian McDonald, The Australian, Nov 24-25, 2007.
“Reliable Comfort of Strangers,” The Butterfly Month, by Arielli Kormehl, and Gold, by Dan Rhodes, The Australian, 2007.
The Naked Drinking Club, Rhona Cameron, and The Pepper Gate, by Genna de Bont, The Australian, 2007.
“Spooky Backdrop to Study of Childhood Grief,” The Spy Game, Gerogina Harding, The Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 27, 2009.
“No Place for Romantics,” Censoring: An Iranian Love Story, by Shahriar Mandipour, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 5-6, 2009.
“A Man’s Journey to Womanhood,” The Real Possibility of Joy, by Josie Emery, The Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 5-6, 2009.
“When Love Turns to Obsession,” Men of Bad Character, by Kathleen Stewart, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 17-18, 2010.
“Nostalgic Celebration of a Boyhood Spent on the Farm,” A Simpler Life, by Peter Fitzsimons, The Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 7-8, 2010.
“A Misfit Takes on the World,” Ethan Grout, by Matt Howard, The Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 14, 2010.
“In Memory of a Working Mum,” Before I Go To Sleep, by S. J. Watson, and Left Neglected, by Lisa Genova, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 23-24, 2011.
“To Be My Unlawful Wedded Wife,” The Registrar’s Manual for Detecting Forced Marriages, by Sophie Hardach, The Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 27-28, 2011.
“Bad Seed Breeds Dysfunction,” The Forrests, by Emily Perkins, The Sydney Morning Herald, May 5-6, 2012.
“Olympic Time Trials Tribulations,” Gold, by Chris Cleave, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 30-July 1, 2012.
“Size Matters in a Time-Poor World,” The Griffith Review: The Novella Project,” ed. by Julianne Schultz, The Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 19-20, 2013.
Jacob’s Folly, Rebecca Miller, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2013.
Review of Marlena, by Julie Buntin, The Newtown Review, Sept 2017.
Review of My Absolute Darling, by Gabriel Tenant, The Age, Oct 2017.
Review of A Secret Sisterhood,by Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney, The Newtown Review, oct 2018.
Review of Not That Bad by Roxane Gay, The Newtown Reivew of Books, Dec 2018.
Review of White, by Bret Easton Elis, The Age, April 2019.
Review of Akin, by Emma Donoghue, The Newtown Review of Books, Jan 2020.
"From Paris with Panic," The Australian, Apr 25,26, 2020.
Review of On Violence, Natasha Stott Despoja, The Newtown Review of Books, Dec 2020.
Review of Men Who Hate Woman, by Laura Bates, The Newtown Review of Books, May 2021.
Author to Author Interviews by Justine Ettler
Pussy, King of the Pirates, by Kathy Acker, Rolling Stone Magazine, 1996.
“Brat To Brat—Ettler on McInerney,” Last Day of the Savages¸by Jay McInerney, Black and White, 1996.
“Breaking Up in Style: From Bad Girl to Power Girl,” Break-Up, by Catherine Texier, 1999.
Travel Writing
“On Sex, On Drugs, Online,” The Mag, 1996.
“Gen X-Cess,” The Age, Mar 21, 1998.
“Swings and Roundabouts,” The Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 31, 1998.
“Relatively Speaking,” The Weekend Australian, Feb 27-28, 1999.
“Collision Course,” The Weekend Australian, Nov 21-22, 2007.
Film Reviews
Blackrock, Rolling Stone, Jun 1997.
Kamikaze Taxi, Rolling Stone, Jul 1997.
Broken English, Rolling Stone, Aug 1997.
Pussy, King of the Pirates, by Kathy Acker, Rolling Stone Magazine, 1996.
“Brat To Brat—Ettler on McInerney,” Last Day of the Savages¸by Jay McInerney, Black and White, 1996.
“Breaking Up in Style: From Bad Girl to Power Girl,” Break-Up, by Catherine Texier, 1999.
Travel Writing
“On Sex, On Drugs, Online,” The Mag, 1996.
“Gen X-Cess,” The Age, Mar 21, 1998.
“Swings and Roundabouts,” The Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 31, 1998.
“Relatively Speaking,” The Weekend Australian, Feb 27-28, 1999.
“Collision Course,” The Weekend Australian, Nov 21-22, 2007.
Film Reviews
Blackrock, Rolling Stone, Jun 1997.
Kamikaze Taxi, Rolling Stone, Jul 1997.
Broken English, Rolling Stone, Aug 1997.